Tesla Model Y

Edit: just to add, if an insurance company refuses to quote for a specific car, it usually means they represent an undue risk to the overall book value of the business in that country, versus their contribution.

so in the case of the Y, there might be 3-4,000 of them in the country, where insurers are covering all 2.5m vehicles in the national fleet (so the Y is perhaps 0.1% of the book, and is easy to just cut if it represents 0.5% of claims e.g).

refusing to quote won’t cost them anything really, rather than it being some anti EV/Tesla bias or whatever you might think.

First experience of driving RWD in the snow this morning - quite stressful! 😅 Noticed too that the rear window defroster is not great. During a 90-minute school run (usually takes 15 minutes) I had it on the whole time and it hadn't cleared the ice by the time I got home. Wipers also went a little crazy, but that's nothing new.

Yeah had no issues with rear windscreen and thought the wipers worked well, much better than in drizzle anyway 😁

Try this first.. might be just a setting that's bad

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/rear-defrost-model-y.288732/

So your insurer either doesn’t insure many Y’s, or haven’t had expensive claims.

each insurer is unlikely to have more than 100-150 of them in their book

Artur is the man. What was interesting is that eventhough the rear looked really mangeled the chassis rails had not moved at all. Most likely something like a pickup truck or other big vehicle had rear-ended the car. The car looked very low mileage one but oldish as it didn't have the front giga casting.

Top job reparing it using so few parts. Basically just the bumper and the rear hatch were replaced, everything else was repaired. The glass roof had damage at the left rear corner and that was not repaired.

It tells you on the app.

Press controls and tap psi in top right corner (it's probably 42)

Fairly normal, wouldn't be too concerned. Doesn't do any damage and the nut hasn't corroded or anything like that on mine in the past year.

Hello All.. went up to Sandyford for a quick visit earlier as we're interested in a Model Y to replace the "workhorse" of our current Ford S-Max. Wife really liked it and she'd no idea I was even thinking of it (even though didn't tell her we were going up.. just had the opportunity as I went on one of the school drops with her)

Anyway.. very impressed by it. Very roomy and expansive. She liked the high up driving position and didn't even cast a 2nd glance at the Model 3. The dog box in the boot will be an issue but we will sort the mutts somehow.

So.. for everyone experienced here, what's the catch.. seems fantastic value at the moment as to spec up a similar ID4, Kia or Hyundai etc to get some a roomy EV would be far more expensive. I know Tesla seem to be mastering economies of scale but I am wondering from the perspective of whether price of Model Y will remain so low or is it likely to rise again soon? I pressed the guys in there on it and the "rumours" of impending price rises but he couldn't say.. which I understand.

Looking at the base RWD in silver w/towbar - but just seems all other "toys" are included - i.e. no options. Don't have a charger etc so would literally be running a cable for now but delivery is likely April so I can get going on that if I ordered. We didn't have time today for a test drive but will go back in coming days but if the above is to be believed about a price rise later this week I would be keen to lock in now.

Any tips of gotchas I am missing then would really appreciate. Thanks for any help. Rgds PD.

Does anyone know how to redeem the 150kms free charging after you take delivery?